An Instagram video claims that a “cinnamon ritual” can be used instead of conventional medicine to control blood sugar.

A video seemingly showing the US president calling for a ban on Skittles and the red food colouring carmine is a deepfake.

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Familiar vaccine misinformation resurfaces in a Facebook video, which claims that mRNA vaccines change people’s genes. There ...

Sadiq Khan has just announced a new proposal to build 40,000 new council homes specifically prioritised for Muslims under the ...

Posts on Facebook asking people to fill out a survey to access the deal are not associated with the retailer, and are not legitimate offers. A post supposedly sharing a voucher for a meal and drinks ...

The data we have suggests most schools in England don’t allow pupils to use their phones—although the types of ban vary, and ...

Health misinformation can ruin lives and damage health services. Our health team fact checks claims about health including funding and delivery, and dangerous medical claims, and makes recommendations ...

The hoax posts share photos of children who have been reported missing in the US, and there are no reports of any such ...

We’ve taken a look at what Labour said it would do, after Conservative claims that council tax rises this year amount to a ...

Misleading claims that the new interim chair of Ofsted’s board, Sir Hamid Patel, will be able to change what pupils learn in ...

“Facts Matter,” says Stephen Fry. “Verifiable, testable, provable facts. Without them, democracy falters, trust erodes and society drifts into a fog of deceit.” Today is International Fact-Checking ...